Hilchos Lashon Hara, Opening – Negative commands (2)

The speaker or receiver also transgress the negative command (Shemos 23:1), “Do not accept (lo tisah) an empty statement,” which can also be read as lo tasi (do not report), and thus, this negative command includes them both, the speaker and the receiver.

The Chofetz Chaim

Rav Yisroel Meir Hakohen of Radin zt"l known as the Chofetz Chaim, was one of the most famous rabbis before the Holocaust.
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